Obsolete Satellite Dishes Become Sun-Tracking Solar Plants - Global Construction Review

Obsolete satellite dishes become sun-tracking solar plants - Global Construction Review

Swiss telecoms company Leuk TDC has turned two obsolete satellite dishes on its land into sun-tracking solar power plants to help power its data centre. Building technology specialist CKW installed 614 solar panels on two dishes built in 1972 – 307 panels on each – so that each generates around 110,000 kWh of electricity a year. The company also installed a solar array on the main building of Leuk TDC’s computing and data centre, generating a …

Can old satellite dishes become next generation solar power?

A Swiss data centre has partly met its rapidly rising energy needs by converting old broadcast television equipment.  CKW, which supplies integrated energy and building technology solutions, is behind the innovative work-around. The company confirmed it had successfully transformed unused satellite TV dishes into solar installations for Swiss telecoms provider Leuk TDC. Developed in collaboration with global smart energy technology company, Sola…